The Painted Leopard

Some gorgeous nails today 🫶🏻; check out the cute ‘summerween’ nails heading off to Crete today too 🥹💖

WHAT a day. 💖

Day 2 with Rebecca clegg and learning her signature pink peonies which is what made me fall in love with her work from the off. I honestly can’t thank her enough. I have absorbed so much and loved every second of it! Hands down one of the best learning experiences I’ve ever had. I cannot wait to keep learning and keep progressing 💖💖

Now to sit down with a well deserved McDonald’s and w**e before the journey home tomorrow 😅🫶🏻

DAY 1 💖
What an incredible experience this is and it’s only day 1 of training. I have learnt SO much already it’s mind boggling. I did not expect to walk out of day 1 having tattooed this already on a very lovely model. Rebecca clegg is incredible and the loveliest human. Tomorrow to get to grips with the colour version of this beautiful design 😍

I sit down every now and then with my iPad open ready to create… and my brain is soooo full of ideas that I don’t know where to start. So instead of creating flash or designs that I love; that might not be for you; why don’t you take a look through my current working ‘list’ and see if anything grabs you!?

Tell me, what do you like? Anything here grabbing at your little heart strings? Comment below, or give me some more food for thought! All ideas welcome! 🤩

Mum and daughter matching tattoos for Ellie & Amanda 🫶🏻💖

The cutest little looking glass 🪞💖 for Kim Odell ❤️
This tattoo has been years in the dreaming: the concept of what the tattoo should ‘mean’ has always been there - but ‘what’ the tattoo should be was a mystery… until one day discussing it over a nail appointment I said ‘what about a looking glass?’ And I think we must have exchanged a look that told me everything… that was what we were going to tattoo. And so today we did ❤️‍🩹

I’m very grateful for this girl - someone who’s shown up in life truly authentic, real and just genuinely lovely. I don’t think she fully appreciates herself but I’m going to take this opportunity to say that I wouldn’t want my nail career or tattoo journey to have been without her! 🫶🏻

Time for another jacket potato babes 😘

*No Margaret’s or Karen’s were harmed or intentionally offended during the course of this reel* 😘🫶🏻

But seriously; is anyone else sick of everyone else’s opinions!?

Be loud; be proud; be you - every version of you exists is perfect.

Women supporting women; men not having jurisdiction over our choices; kindness above all and giving our children the notion that we can be whatever and whoever we want to be in life - THAT is what is important.

*side note; I also love a caramel latte and I too wish I could organise my life so no shade on these points… but I’ll settle for sachets from Asda and washballs living in their plastic packaging if it means more money for ink 🤭

If this resonates with you; follow along for more honesty, girl power, support for small creatives and obviously; beautiful ink appreciation 🖤

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